UNSPSC 50345422: Frozen italian butter pears

The variety of pears known as italian butter pears that have been frozen for preservation.

UNSPSC 50345422 Frozen Italian Butter Pears is a Commodity code, but the source supports no recent opportunities directly soliciting frozen Italian butter pears. The recent state and local contract opportunities in the block are miscategorized — they span general grocery procurement (shelf-stable pantry items, produce, proteins, dairy, and consumables for schools, hospitals, state supported living centers, and county parks) rather than a specific frozen fruit commodity. The opportunities show active bidding across Texas Health and Human Services Commission for multiple facility food services, Georgia and New Jersey state procurement, Collier County (Florida) parks operations, Gwinnett County (Georgia) senior services, Hancock County Board of Education (Georgia), Head Start of Greater Dallas, Bridgeport Board of Education (Connecticut), and Early County Board of Education (Georgia). The issuing bodies are predominantly state health and human services departments, county governments, school districts, and a regional Head Start agency.

Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, where HHSC and the Department of State Health Services issue multiple annual food service contracts for state hospitals and state supported living centers, with secondary activity in Georgia (county commissions, county boards of education, state agencies), Florida (Collier County), Connecticut (Bridgeport), New Jersey (Department of Human Services), and Oregon (Department of Corrections). Representative recent opportunities include the Texas HHSC Frozen Food Products IFB (HHS0017338V1, bids due August 18, 2026, estimated annual volume approximately $9 million), the Oregon Department of Corrections frozen sliced or diced apples solicitation (S2910000017684, bids due August 19, 2026, approximately 40,000 pounds), Hancock County Board of Education fresh produce IFB covering multiple apple varieties (PE67080NONST2027000000013, bids due June 26, 2026), and Head Start of Greater Dallas grocery products IFB (26-GP, sealed bids due June 24, 2026, estimated total value $969,460.94 with five-year potential term). The code appears underutilized in recent state and local procurement data — the opportunities tagged to it reflect broad institutional food service buying rather than specialty frozen fruit line items.